Union Methodist Episcopal Church
National Register of Historic Places

Union Methodist Episcopal Church

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Listed
October 14, 1980
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
80003622

About this property

The Union Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as the Jones Tabernacle AME Church and Parish House, is an historic Methodist Episcopal church and parish house in the North Central neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Designed by the noted Philadelphia architects Hazelhurst & Huckel and built between 1888 and 1889, it was created using cut stone. Designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, this church has an entrance archway with squat Syrian columns and features a prominent front gable, chimneys, towers and pinnacles. The gable has a checkerboard pattern of stone and a Palladian window. The church's interior is divided into two principal levels, a first floor Sunday School, and the second floor sanctuary with balcony. During the 1930s, the church was sold to Jones Tabernacle AME Church, which operated under the leadership of Rev. Richard R. Wright, Jr., son of Richard R. Wright (1855–1947). Jones Tabernacle AME Church history Archived October 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

Location

2019 W. Diamond St.
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
39.98628, -75.16705

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Union Methodist Episcopal Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 14, 1980.

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